Barddhaman District

Barddhaman District, with population of about 52.8 lakh is West Bengal's the 6th most populous district, located in the state West Bengal in India. Total geographical area of Barddhaman district is 7024 km2 and it is the 3rd biggest district by area in the state. Population density of the district is 752 persons per km2. There are 25 sub districts in the district, among them Jamalpur is the most populous sub district with population of about 2.7 lakh and Ketugram - II is the least populous sub district with population of about 1.2 lakh.

There are 6 cities in the district which comes under the district administration, those are - Barddhaman, Katwa, Kalna, Memari and Guskara Municipalities (limited to 5 most populous).

Demographics

The district is home to about 52.8 lakh people, among them about 27 lakh (51%) are male and about 25.8 lakh (49%) are female. 62% of the whole population are from general caste, 30% are from schedule caste and 7% are schedule tribes. Child (aged under 6 years) population of Barddhaman district is 11%, among them 51% are boys and 49% are girls. There are about 12.2 lakh households in the district and an average 4 persons live in every family.

Religion wise distribution of population

Hindus contribute 75% of the total population and are the largest religious community in the district followed by Muslims which contribute 24% of the total population.. Female Sex ratio per 1000 male in Hindus are 956 in Muslims are 952.

Growth of population

Population of the district has decreased by -23.4% in last 10 years. In 2001 census total population here were about 69 lakh. Female population growth rate of the district is -21.9% which is 2.8% higher than male population growth rate of -24.7%. General caste population has decreased by -28.2%; Schedule caste population has decreased by -13.4%; Schedule Tribe population has decreased by -15.6% and child population has decreased by -37.7% in the district since last census.

Sex Ratio - Females per 1000 Male

As of 2011 census there are 945 females per 1000 male in the district. Sex ratio in general caste is 934, in schedule caste is 960 and in schedule tribe is 1009. There are 951 girls under 6 years of age per 1000 boys of the same age in the district. Overall sex ratio in the district has increased by 23 females per 1000 male during the years from 2001 to 2011. Child sex ratio here has decreased by 5 girls per 1000 boys during the same time.

Literacy

Total about 35.3 lakh people in the district are literate, among them about 19.5 lakh are male and about 15.8 lakh are female. Literacy rate (children under 6 are excluded) of Barddhaman is 75%. 81% of male and 68% of female population are literate here. Overall literacy rate in the district has increased by 5%. Male literacy has gone up by 2% and female literacy rate has gone up by 7%.

Workers profile

Barddhaman has 40% (about 21 lakh) population engaged in either main or marginal works. 60% male and 19% female population are working population. 48% of total male population are main (full time) workers and 12% are marginal (part time) workers. For women 10% of total female population are main and 9% are marginal workers.